MADE TO MATCH YOUR PACKAGING

The success of brand packaging depends on responding to change. For example, the environmental issues the world faces call for a sustainable solution: optimising and lightening the packaging material. Rising to the challenge, Metsä Board’s lightweight folding boxboards offer you competitive advantages in terms of ecology as well as cost-efficiency.

Packaging also needs to reflect consumer trends such as the demand for convenient, healthy and environmentally friendly products. Truly fit-for-purpose, our boards help you achieve your goals – to create attractive and effective packaging solutions, reduce costs, save time and enhance sustainability.

GET AN EDGE WITH THE WORLD’S MOST EFFICIENT BOARDS

LIGHTWEIGHTING FOR BETTER YIELD

Metsä Board has pioneered lightweighting – achieving excellent strength and printability at low basis weights. Based on fresh forest fibres, a strong tradition of R&D, breakthroughs in BCTMP and state-of-the-art mill technology, the development of ever-lighter boards continues.

Metsä Board’s lightweight boards yield significantly more cartons per tonne and reduce customers’ total costs without compromising quality. Despite their lightness, the boards have the stiffness and the quality consist-ency to run smoothly and reliably in all production processes. This saves time, money and trouble.

SUSTAINABILITY THROUGHOUT THE PACKAGING CHAIN

As a packaging material, Metsä Board’s cartonboards have a notably small carbon footprint. Through their light weight, the boards further lessen envi-ronmental impacts, as they consume less energy and raw material, decrease transport weights and produce less waste. They decrease waste also by protect-ing the product and ensuring that it stays intact through the logistic chain.

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All Metsä Board’s folding boxboards score high points for yield, sustainability, product safety and production efficiency thanks to their lightness, high stiffness, purity and consistent quality. In addition, each board offers properties designed to meet specific requirements.

AVANTA PRIMA

– fully coated folding boxboard (GC2)

Pure and pleasant to both sight and touch, Avanta Prima’s uniform surface is suitable for embossing and special features as well as different coding methods.

CARTA ELEGA

– fully coated folding boxboard with coated back (GC1)

Carta Elega makes a perfect fit for sophisticated brand packaging with its superior visual appearance on both sides, ideal properties for lamination and special features, and a pure, white look.

CARTA INTEGRA

– fully coated bleached paperboard with coated back (GC1)

The choice for luxurious print designs and special features such as foil blocking, Carta Integra provides brilliant visual and surface properties on both sides.

CARTA SOLIDA

– fully coated bleached paperboard with white back (GC1)

Carta Solida provides a pure, white look, excellent sensory properties and an ideal base for lamination and special features.

SIMCOTE

– fully coated folding boxboard (GC2)

Simcote delivers an outstanding combination of printability and packaging performance as well as very good sensory properties and enhanced moisture resistance.

TAKO

– fully coated CTMP boards

Designed for cigarette packaging, Tako boards offer excellent printability as well as very good sensory properties and runnability on packaging lines.

PRODUCTS

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We handle environmental issues openly in co-operation with our customers, the general public and the authori-ties. Transparent and straightforward environmental communication is part of this.

PAPER PROFILE

Product-specific, third-party verified information on key environmental parameters for all of Metsä Board’s products is attached to the product specifications on metsaboard.com -> Products -> Product search.

ORIGIN OF WOOD

All Metsä Board mills are able to report on the wood origin and the share of certified wood contained in each product.

CARBON FOOTPRINT CALCULATIONS

In addition to product-specific carbon dioxide emissions, Metsä Board reports in its carbon footprint calculations how much carbon originating from wood raw material is stored in the product.

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ON THE WEB

Information on Metsä Board’s environmental performance is available on metsaboard.com -> Sustainability.

OPEN COMMUNICATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE

ENSURE SAFETY WITH FRESH FOREST FIBRES

TRUST THROUGH PURITY AND TRACEABILITY

Product safety is vital, especially in food packaging. In its boards, Metsä Board only uses fresh forest fibres, which are pure by nature. Our products do not contain harmful compounds, such as mineral oils. All our raw materials – wood, pulp and chemicals – are of known origin, traceable and adherent to the relevant standards, and our mills have certified manage-ment systems to ensure product safety.

Thanks to the fresh forest fibres, our boards are safe for food packaging without requiring a barrier against pollutants or cross-contamination from transport packaging. Eliminating the unnecessary barrier reduces carbon footprint and costs, increases material efficiency, makes recycling easier, and helps reach waste reduction targets.

WOOD FROM SUSTAINABLY MANAGED FORESTS

All the wood Metsä Board uses is sourced from sustainably managed Nordic forests. Most of it comes from forests owned by Metsäliitto Cooperative’s members and more than 80% from certified forests.

We always know the origin of the wood that we use. All Metsä Board’s mills have both PEFCTM and FSC® Chain of Custody certifications as well as FSC Controlled Wood status.. All our products fulfill the requirements of the EU Timber Regulation and the U.S. Lacey Act.

We are self-sufficient in fibre raw materials and co-operate closely to further advance the Metsä Group expertise in pulp and its optimal use in board production.

RENEWABLE RAW MATERIALS USED RESPONSIBLY

Fresh forest fibres are a renewable, recyclable and biodegradable raw material, which we apply within Metsä Group efficiently and responsibly, using wood to the full and providing by-products for other industrial branches. Fresh forest fibres are also needed to maintain the balance in the recycling process.

RENEWABLE ENERGY AND OPTIMISED EFFICIENCY

Metsä Board is a major user of biofuels and a large producer of bioenergy. Wood-based fuels account for 55% of the energy consumed by Metsä Board’s mills. We aim to further increase the already high share of biofuels in our production.

All Metsä Board folding boxboard production units have Energy Management Systems certified according to ISO 50001. We continuously seek means to further improve our energy efficiency.

Made from pure fresh forest fibres, all Metsä Board cartonboards are safe for consumers and the environment, which helps our customers build and maintain brand reliability. The odour and taint neutrality of our boards meets the high sensory requirements of food packaging. We see combining an understanding of the whole value chain with R&D knowledge as the key to product safety. Metsä Board sources its wood from sustainably managed forests and uses it responsibly. Our paperboard mills get most of their energy from renewable sources and continuously seek to further improve their energy efficiency.

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Beautycare Healthcare

RECOMMENDED: Avanta Prima, Carta Solida, SimcoteSUITABLE: Carta Integra, Carta Elega

RECOMMENDED: Carta Elega, Carta Integra, Carta SolidaSUITABLE: Avanta Prima, Simcote

BOARD FEATURES BENEFITS

Pure fresh forest fibre raw material High hygiene and a pure, white look

Light weight Cost-efficiency and sustainability

Excellent sheet-cutting quality Dust-free printing

Brightness and shade consistency Uniform printing results and visual appearance

Superior surface properties Ideal for embossing (e.g. Braille) and brand protection solutions

BOARD FEATURES BENEFITS

High brightness and smoothness Excellent printability and a pure, white look

Optimised coating Sharp and uniform print results

Superior surface properties Ideal base for foil lamination and other special features

Excellent sheet-cutting quality Dust-free printing

Light weight Cost-efficiency and sustainability

Typical applications include packaging for: • fragrances and perfumes• make-up and skincare products• hair colouration products• toiletries

Typical applications include packaging for: • prescription and OTC drugs• nutriceuticals• herbal medicines• hygiene and bodycare products

General packaging

RECOMMENDED: Avanta Prima, SimcoteSUITABLE: Carta Integra, Carta Elega, Carta Solida

BOARD FEATURES BENEFITS

Light weight Cost-efficiency and sustainability

High stiffness and excellent consistency Good runnability on printing and packing lines

Appropriate brightness and shade Fast make-ready in printing

The balanced properties of Metsä Board’s folding boxboards make them excellent packaging materials for a variety of consumer goods from mobile devices to clothing.

SELECT FROM A PORTFOLIO OF FIT-FOR-PURPOSE PRODUCTS

Metsä Board presents a carefully considered portfolio of folding boxboards that makes it easy to select the product that best fits the end-use. In the selection, you will find the board with optimal visual and functional properties for your purpose.

See metsaboard.com > Products > Cartonboards for full board specifications.

Food and beverages

BOARD FEATURES BENEFITS

Pure fresh forest fibre raw material Product safety, low odour and taint

Light weight Cost-efficiency and sustainability

High stiffness and excellent consistency Good runnability on printing and packing lines

High brightness and smoothness Excellent printability

Typical applications include packaging for: • chocolate and confectionery• breakfast cereals• pasta and other dry foods

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RECOMMENDED FOR FOODS: SimcoteSUITABLE FOR FOODS: Carta Solida, Carta Integra, Carta Elega, Avanta Prima

RECOMMENDED FOR CHOCOLATE AND CONFECTIONERY: Carta Solida, Carta IntegraSUITABLE FOR CHOCOLATE AND CONFECTIONERY: Simcote, Carta Elega, Avanta Prima

• tea and coffee• bakery products• frozen, chilled and

convenience foods

Cigarettes

RECOMMENDED: Tako

BOARD FEATURES BENEFITS

Excellent consistency and high stiffness Good runnability on printing and packing lines

High brightness and smoothness Excellent printability

Pure fresh forest fibre raw material Low odour and taint

Superior surface properties Ideal base for foil lamination and brand protection solutions

Light weight Cost-efficiency and sustainability

Typical applications:• cartons• outers• inner frames

Graphic applications

RECOMMENDED: Carta Integra, Carta Elega, Carta SolidaSUITABLE: Avanta Prima, Simcote

BOARD FEATURES BENEFITS

High brightness and smoothness Excellent printability on both sides

Consistent quality from order to order Fast make-ready in printing

Excellent sheet-cutting quality Dust-free printing

Superior surface properties Ideal base for special features e.g. film lamination, foil blocking and embossing

Light weight Cost-efficiency and sustainability

Typical applications: • cards• CD/DVD packs• advertising and POS materials

• covers• folders

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Metsä Board has a worldwide sales and supply network to serve customers locally on all continents and guarantee global availability of our cartonboard. We pay special attention to continuous improvement of delivery accuracy and have responded to the growing demand for sheeted board by adding new sheeting capacity.

Metsä Board’s service offering further enables you to optimise packaging performance. Our technical team is always at hand to help select the most appropriate board and get the most out of it.

GLOBAL SUPPLY, SUPPORT AND SERVICES

Metsä Board is Europe’s leading producer of fresh forest fibre cartonboards, the world’s leading manufacturer of coated white-top kraftliners, and a major paper supplier. It offers premium solutions for consumer and retail packaging, graphics and office end-uses. The company’s sales network serves brand owners, carton printers, corrugated packaging manufacturers, printers, merchants and office suppliers. Metsä Board is part of Metsä Group.

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